Tea or coffee pot



B. F. OLSEN.

TEA OR COFFEE POT. APPLICATION FILED JuLy 22. 1920.

1,397,978, PMIQIINOMZ, 1921.

/rf/ I l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BEN FRED OLSEN, OF MARCUS, WASHINGTON.

TEA 0R COFFEE POT.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, BEN FRED OLsnN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot' Marcus, in the Vcount7 oi Stevens and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tea or Coffee Pots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tea or coilee pots and the like, and the object thereoi2 is to provide an improved construction adapted for table use to facilitate passing the pot or other container from one person to another.

The invention comprehends a coii'ee or tea pot or the like, which is provided with a novel arrangement of spouts and handles so that the same may be passed troni one person to another without setting the device down and the person passing the same can maintain a hold until the person receiving` the same has tightly grasped Other and further objects ot my invention will become readily apparent to persons skilled in the art, from a consideration et the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation oit a tea or coliee pot in accordance with the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereot.

Referring to the drawings in detail. in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the body ot the coffee pot is designated at 10, being preferably ot' that style which is frusto-conical in outline. heine` cnlarged toward the base or tapered the top and being ot circular cil s The top portion is provided with cover 11, which is preferably provided with a finger-hold 12 by which the saine he applied or removed.

In lieu of providing a sing` a single handle disposed diam .lv op, site to each other, which requires die cette@ or tea pot to he set down in order to pass the same from one person to another in use. as

ordinarily constructed. the tea or cotlee pot in accordance with the present invention is provided with diametrically opposed handles 13 and 14 arranged at the periphery or side of the body and so constructed as to taeilitate handling. These handles may be ot metal or other material suitably insulated from the body, in order to prevent the transference of heat, and as shown, the. handles Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

1920. serial No. 398,061.

have their lower portions extending upwardly and outwardly and have their upper portions turned inwardly substantially at right angles, the ends thereof being anfhored to the body.

rlhe spouts are designated at 15 and 16, being ot the usual or any preferred type adapted tor use in connection with tea or coiee pots or the like and leading Yfrom any suitable point at the interior of the body lest suited for the purpose for which the .evice is to be used. These spouts are also Vocated diametrically opposite, and in juxaposition to the handles 13 and 14, being located upon common sides thereof, that is, in a direction nearest thereto in an anti-clockwise direction, with an angle of less than 180 degrees between corresponding handles and sponts which are used together. Thus, it will appear that it' a person is holding the device hy the handle 13, the spout 15 will be used as a pouring spout and when the device is held by the handle 1li, the spout 16 will be used. On the other hand, it a person is holding` the device by one ot the handles, he mayv readily pass the same to another person with convenience and without setting the device down or gripping hold of the spout, the person receiving the device catching hold of the other or the diametrieally'related handle. It will then be unnecessary to change the position ot the device in the hand. the cmresponding spout being used to pour the contents. It is also to be understood that the n aterial and shape ot the pot maybe varied as desired. as well as the relative location of the handles and spouts, though I have illustrated the preterred embodiment.

In view et the foregoing, it is thought that the operation of the device will be readily understood. and in view ot the simplicity and practical value that it will commend itself to those skilled in the art.

E. ving thus described my invention, what claim iszi tea or colee pot comprising a receptacle hotly having a cover, a pair of diametrieally opposed handles on the body and a corresponding pair of diametrically opposed spouts leading from the interior of the body upwardly and outwardly and disposed in juxtaposition to the handles and in horizontal alinement therewith, corresponding handles and spouts being arranged at an angle et substantially 150 from each other.

BEN FRED OLSEN. 

